NGC 4518
NGC 4518
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
305 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 305 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4518 as it looked roughly 305 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 4432Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3255Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3638Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3754Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4360BSpiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4360Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3255Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3638Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3754Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4360BSpiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4360Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).